ANOTHER HYBRID: GLOFISH?

[richardhmc]

I just wanted to say i cant believe how many hybrids they are making these days. GLOFISH? We already have enough pure awesome colored fish... why try to experiment more?

I know they are kind of old... but i wanted to know has anyone had one of these



-richard

 

[Taz2478]

makes for a great kids tanks, glow room or juts fits some crazy designers scheme...

 

[green_fox]

they arnt hybreds

 

[Garofoli]

They use some compound from sea anenomes to get that color. They are Basically "dyed."

 

[green_fox]

not quite they can be bred and they will have the same colour

 

[me_wee_todded]

the fish are actually transgenic.

 

[ewurm]

the fish are actually transgenic.

Right. They have genes implanted from sea creatures (jellyfish?) which produces the luminescent effect.

 

[ewurm]

Here's a link. They have jellyfish and sea anemone genes.

http://www.glofish.com/development.image.htm

 

[me_wee_todded]

correct me if wrong but i think that these are the first transgenic pets available.

 

[Connor0729]

yea, they take the glow genes from a jellyfish and somehow put it into the fish and then they glow. YAY!!!

P.S. Where can you get these????